Nutrition

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Our experts in Nutrition

Terry Ochoa

Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida

Dr. Jorge Camilo Mora

Associate Professor, Professional Development Strand Leader, Clinical Nutrition Director, Director of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Humanities, and Health and Society with Florida International University

Lucette Talamas

Vegetarian, lacto-ovo, lacto vegetarian and vegan are some of the types of plant-based diets. Lucette Talamas, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, says when you eliminate eggs and dairy from your diet, which is what lacto and ovo mean, you have the vegan diet. Talamas points out your diet is up to your preferences […]

Amy Kimberlain

Amy Kimberlain, Registered Dietitian at Baptist Health South Florida, explains soluble fiber versus insoluble fiber: “The soluble fiber is that gel-like substance that is helping to move things through and does not let things adhere to the artery walls,” she says. This type of fiber can be found in oatmeal and apples, for example. According […]